Antique jewelry object group: brooch

Condition: very good condition

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Style: Between Victorian and Art Nouveau
- Victorian decorative arts refers to the style of decorative arts during the
Victorian era. The Victorian era is known for its eclectic revival and
interpretation of historic styles and the introduction of cross-cultural
influences from the middle east and Asia in furniture, fittings, and Interior
decoration. Victorian design is widely viewed as having indulged in a
regrettable excess of ornament.

- The Arts and Crafts movement, the aesthetic movement, Anglo-Japanese style,
and Art Nouveau style have their beginnings in the late Victorian era. Art
Nouveau (French for New Style) is an international movement and style of art,
architecture and applied ar - especially the decorative arts - that peaked in
popularity at the turn of the 20th century (1890–1905).
The name "Art Nouveau" is French for "new art". It is also known as
“Jugendstil”, German for "youth style", named after the magazine Jugend, which
promoted it, and in Italy, Stile Liberty from the department store in London,
Liberty & Co., which popularised the style. A reaction to academic art of the
19th century, it is characterized by organic, especially floral and other
plant-inspired motifs, as well as highly stylized, flowing curvilinear forms.
Art Nouveau is an approach to design according to which artists should work on
everything from architecture to furniture, making art part of everyday life.

Style specifics: Late Victorian / early Art Nouveau
- The subject of this piece, although typical 19th Century, announces the
coming of the Art Nouveau style.

Period: ca. 1900

Source of inspiration: Mother Nature

Theme: Dragonflies in cultures
- In Europe, dragonflies have often been seen as sinister. Some English
vernacular names, such as "devil's darning needle" and "ear cutter", link them
with evil or injury. A Romanian folk tale says that the dragonfly was once a
horse possessed by the devil. Swedish folklore holds that the devil uses
dragonflies to weigh people's souls. The Norwegian name for dragonflies is
"Øyenstikker", which literally means eye-poker and in Portugal they are
sometimes called "tira-olhos" (eye-snatcher).

They are often associated with snakes, as in the Welsh name gwas-y-neidr,
"adder's servant". The Southern United States term "snake doctor" refers to a
folk belief that dragonflies follow snakes around and stitch them back together
if they are injured.

Images of dragonflies are common in Art Nouveau, especially in jewelry
designs. They also appear in posters by modern artists such as Maeve Harris.
They have also been used as a decorative motif on fabrics and home furnishings.

As a seasonal symbol in Japan, the dragonfly is associated with early and late
summer and early autumn. More generally, in Japan dragonflies are symbols of
courage, strength, and happiness, and they often appear in art and literature,
especially haiku. The love for dragonflies is reflected in the fact that there
are traditional names for almost all of the 200 species of dragonflies found in
and around Japan. (From: Wikipedia)

Material: 18k pink gold and silver (touchstone tested)
- See also: The silver on gold technique

Silver on gold technique: This technique was very often used with jewelry
containing diamonds because jewelers of that time believed that only a silver
mounting could render the true beauty of a precious stone. They were also aware
of the fact that silver jewelry often left black stains on clothing or skin, so
they resolved the matter by coating the backs of the jewels in gold.

Diamonds:
229 old brilliant cut diamonds with an estimated weight of ± 6.39 ct.
It is not doable to describe each and every single diamond set in this beauty
but most of the stones are H/J colour and vs/si. But some of the bigger
diamonds are slightly tinted fancy yellow and even some slight fancy pink
diamonds.
Also set with 17 rose cut diamonds and senailles. A senaille is a simplified
rose cut diamond, a small diamond chip with perhaps a few polished facets. We
do not have the weight of the rose cuts diamonds nor the senailles which is
normal in our trade when it comes to rose cut diamonds and senailles.
- Total diamond count: 246 pcs.
- All diamond weights, color grades and clarity are approximate since stones
are not removed from their mounts to preserve the integrity of the setting.
- We have all diamonds screened by the IJGC-lab (www.ijgc-worldwide.com) for
whether they are natural or synthetic, and all diamonds in this jewel are 100%
guaranteed to be natural!

Precious stones:
One pink sapphire with an estimated weight of ± 1.70 ct.
Four oval rubies with an estimated weight of ± 1.20 ct.
Twelve old brilliant cut emeralds with an estimated weight of ± 0.16 ct.
Twelve old brilliant cut sapphires with an estimated weight of ± 0.12 ct.
Two sugar loaf cabochon sapphires with an estimated weight of ± 1.00 ct.
- All color stone weights are approximate since stones are not removed from
their mounts to preserve the integrity of the setting.
- It is a very common practice to treat gemstones to intensify their clarity
or colour. The item in question has not been tested in this regard.

Birthstones: Diamond is the birthstone (or month stone) for April, Emerald for
May, Ruby for July and Sapphire for September.

Hallmarks: No trace

Dimensions: width 8,22 cm (3,24 inch)
- See picture with a ruler in cm and inches

Weight: 23,50 gram (15,11 dwt)

Adin Reference Nº: 21134-0013

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